Aero Comdr 720 N825WD

5 November 1980 · Wheeling, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 November 1980 at about 14:35 local time, a Aero Comdr 720 registered N825WD was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Wheeling, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 November 1980 at 14:35
Classification: Accident
Location: Wheeling, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Palwaukee
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Comdr 720
Registration: N825WD
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3174

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

NOSE TIRE WENT FLAT DRG HI SPEED TAXI CK.NOSE STRUT FAILED FM OVRLOAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3174, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Aero Comdr 720 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Jun 1977	Aero Comdr 720 N138K	San Jose, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
4 Aug 1977	Aero Comdr 720 N688R	Wausau, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
21 Oct 1973	Aero Comdr 720 N688R	Rockton, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Oct 1973	Aero Comdr 720 N825WD	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Winn Dixie Inc	No injuries	-
21 Jul 1971	Aero Comdr 720 N263X	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Telstar, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Sep 1969	Aero Comdr 720 CF-SJA	Loring Afb, Maine, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 7 records for this type

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